#96

Cole Schnettgoecke

Senior defensive lineman for New Mexico State. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DL · New Mexico State · Sr. · #96

6′2″ · 300 lb · Webster Groves, MO

CFB Index 69 · #80 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to New Mexico State for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

1.5

sacks · 2025

2 TFL · 29 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, at Western Kentucky

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for New Mexico State. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

His career, year by year

Cole Schnettgoecke

DL · New Mexico State · Sr · #96

Wins his gap play after play. Second year in the New Mexico State defensive front, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 6 tackles against UTEP — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Tony Sanchez — 7-17 over that span.

2024New Mexico State3-9HC: Tony Sanchez · Run-heavy

2025New Mexico State4-8HC: Tony Sanchez · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

69Quality starter #80 of 330?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Sacks#707 / 2975 · 74th pct

1.5

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles#1415 / 2975 · 52nd pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Solo tackles#1520 / 2975 · 47th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.2	0.2	0.1	0.0
Road6g	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	2.9	0.3	0.2	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

52.3%

101 pass / 92 run

Plays / game

64.3

3 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

107 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

69 · #80 of 330 interior linemen

Unranked recruit. Now #80 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #9 of 45 Conference USA DLs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	New Mexico State	29	14	2.0	1.5	2	--	--
2024	New Mexico State	5	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		34	16	2.0	1.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 19–3

vs Bryant

1 QB HUR · 4 SOLO · 4 TOT

With M. Dean — 46 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 54 LONG · L. Fife — 227 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 6.6 · 1 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 19-3vs Bryant	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 14-49@ Louisiana Tech	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 20-38@ New Mexico	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	W 37-10vs Sam Houston	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 27-30@ Liberty	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 17-24vs Missouri State	1	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 10	L 16-35@ Western Kentucky	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-24vs Kennesaw State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 9-42@ Tennessee	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 34-31@ UTEP	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 14	L 24-31vs Middle Tennessee	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Total		29	14	2.0	1.5	—	2

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

29Tackles

14Solo

2TFL

1.5Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

29 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.

Week 51 PD
Week 90.5 sacks
Week 101 sack
Week 131 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

New Mexico State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · New Mexico State

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +1 net (25 in / 24 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

New Mexico State · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #135 · 2026 recruiting class #134

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jaxson Moi’s 2023 season.

Jaxson Moi

90%match

Stanford · 2023

Isaiah Green

Western Michigan · 2024

88%

Gavin Ransaw

Coastal Carolina · 2024

84%

Izeya Floyd

Rice · 2024

83%

Kelvin Gilliam

Virginia Tech · 2025

83%

Matches Jaxson on

Weight

Height

Hurry rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jaxson Moi's sophomore season at Stanford (2023).

Jaxson Moi

91%match

Stanford · 2023

Isaiah Green

Western Michigan · 2024

87%

Jeremy Darvin

Western Kentucky · 2021

All-Conference USA

86%

Sulaiman Kamara

Wake Forest · 2021

84%

Brandon Matterson

UTSA · 2021

All-AAC

83%

Matches Jaxson on

Class year

TFL rate

Hurry rate

Player DNA

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Elias Sherman

Arkansas State · 2026

85%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology